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£152.99Aurora Dances (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sparke, Philip
Aurora Dances was commissioned by the Hong Kong-based Winter Band Festival, and consists of three movements, to be played without a break. Aurora Borealis opens with florid woodwind figures and highlights different sections of the band in turn. The second movement Aurora Australis leads to a sombre chorale, which builds to a full-band climax. The finale Aurora Dances is characterised by rhythmic, dance-like themes. A central section features a contrasting legato melody, but this doesn't dispel the energetic feel of the opening, which returns to close the work.Duration: 8.45
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£76.00Power and Glory (March of the Mitten Men) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Sousa, John Philip - Brion, Keith
Here's a solid and mature Sousa march that's a great choice for any performance occasion! "Power and Glory" incorporates an extraordinary treatment of "Onward Christian Soldiers" as the finale. This new, painstakingly edited Sousa-style edition by Keith Brion features authentic performance practices, as well as using the period performance style from the 1920's. This 1923 march classic was dedicated to Sousa's friend Thomas Mitten, whose trolley company transported many Philadelphia music lovers to Sousa's incredibly popular summer concerts at Willow Grove, Penn. The score to this new edition includes a wealth of historical information. Not to be missed! Duration: 3.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£309.99Ninth Symphony (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Barnes, James
Premiered on 21 September, 2018 in Lawrence, Kansas by The University of Kansas Wind Ensemble (Dr. Paul Popiel, conducting), James Barnes' Ninth Symphony was composed between January and late June of that same year. This large work was commissioned by a consortium of twenty-one college bands, community bands, professional bands and individuals to help mark the 70th birthday of the composer (b. 1949). It is an expansive forty-minute work in four movements, of which the composer writes, "This is my last symphony...this work represents a compendium of all that I have learned during the fifty years of composing and scoring for this wonderful new medium: the modern wind band." The first movement, subtitled Elegy, is based around G minor. It is the longest movement of the symphony. Tragic and despondent in character, it is cast in sonata-allegro form. The second movement is entitled Scherzo. Barnes claims that "I have always wanted to write a waltz," and that is how this movement is cast, in a modified rondo form in D minor. In contrast to the mood of the first movement, the scherzo is a delightful posy of expansive melody, splashy color, humor and rhythm. The third movement, which is in a modified tertiary form, is entitled Night Music. In contrast to the scherzo, this movement begins with a mysterious incantation, first displayed by solo Alto Flute. The music becomes even darker and more mysterious, while overall the movement effectively expresses an "otherworldly" mood, ending with a solo soprano offstage which suddenly emerges, eerily singing a modified version of the opening incantation. Cast in sonata-allegro form, the fourth movement is most definitely a rousing Finale, beginning with a brilliant fanfare and undergoing several mood transformations before emerging into the final coda, ending the symphony with an energetic splash of color. Duration: 40.00
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£137.99Friendly Takeover (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Waespi, Oliver
Friendly Takeover was composed for the 2016 Swiss Wind Band Convention in Montreux. In this three movement piece the composer experiments with lyrical motives combined with rhythmical pulses in different meters throughout the piece. In the finale, the musical scene is taken over completely by groove-based rhythms. This takeover, however, is of a friendly nature, as the various beats are not being conceived as rivals of the lyrical motives, but are rather supposed to infuse energy and vitality to the latter. Thus, one gets the impression of an ongoing acceleration throughout the piece.Duration: 9.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£119.99The Rise of the Phoenix (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Doss, Thomas
Severe funding cuts in 2015 had a huge impact on Austria's military bands. This piece is about the resurrection of these bands following a political decision in favour of the renowned military music organisation structure in Austria. 'The Rise of the Phoenix' is an impressive piece, full of bright, colourful melodies and an incredible positive ambience. There is a beautiful slow middle section with a touch of romance, leading to a spectacular maestoso finale in which you can hear a hint of a famous military signal (as also used in Von Supp's 'Light Cavalry Overture'). A positive and challenging piece full of joy and colour!Duration: 6.30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£74.99Proud (Grutsk) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - De Haan, Jacob
For Concert Band, Bagpipes and Drums.This impressive work was composed for the Dutch-Friesian city of Leeuwarden, which was considered the cultural capital of Europe, 2018; the composer spent his college years in this city. This festive work for bagpipes, drums and fanfare band is based on the melody of the anthem of the province of Friesland. Proud was written for the music event, Grutsk, which is the Friesian word for proud, hence the title. Various bands have performed on five different stages across the town centre. The finale was performed in a concert held at Wilhelminaplein (Wilhelmina Square), which opened with this work. This world premiere was conducted by the composer himself. The bagpipes are optional, but advisable. As a whole, they give the composition a very special sound.Duration: 3.40
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£145.00Theme and Fugue (from The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra) (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Britten, Benjamin - Saucedo, Richard L.
Originally composed to introduce the various instruments of the orchestra, Britten's "Young Person's Guide" follows a set of variations based on a melody by Henry Purcell. In this setting for wind band, Richard Saucedo presents the opening theme followed by Britten's exuberant fugue which culminates in a glorious finale and recap of Purcell's melody. A stunning work for mature ensembles. Duration. 4:40
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£94.30Little Suite for Wind Band (Wind Band - Score and Parts) - Hume, Rob J.
Includes: Intrada; Ballad; Finale. Duration: 7'30
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£75.00Diminished Minor Alterations (Concert Band - Score and Parts) - Lovrien, David
The newest addition to our wildly popular "Minor Alterations" series is scored for younger bands, yet it retains all the humor and excitement of the Grade 5 version! It's a game of holiday hide-and-seek for your audience where favorite Christmas tunes are transposed from major to minor keys then disguised, layered and morphed even more. How many can you name? From the ominous introductory Deck the Halls to the final, frenzied Nutcracker Suite finale, each tune is lovingly twisted into something new and inventive. Duration: 4.15
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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£75.00Raise Your Voice in Song (Concert Band with Optional Choir - Score and Parts) - Smith, Claude T.
One of Claude T. Smith's last completed works, "Raise Your Voice in Song" was commissioned by the Nebraska Music Educators Association for the 50th Anniversary on NMEA! It was written for the 1986 All-State Band, Choir and Orchestra for their combined performance on November 22, 1986 in Hastings, NE. This majestic work lends itself as a finale, for band alone, or a combined performance with string orchestra and/or choir (available separately). There are two sets of lyrics (secular and Christmas). Duration: 4.40
Estimated dispatch 7-14 working days
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